Nottingham Forest defender Danny Fox could be facing a spell on the sidelines after suffering ligament damage in his foot.

The centre-back has been ruled out of tomorrow night’s Carabao Cup tie at Burton Albion and is a doubt for Saturday’s Championship home clash against table-toppers Sheffield United, with boss Aitor Karanka saying he may yet be out of action for several weeks.

Fox missed last Wednesday’s win away to Bolton Wanderers with a foot problem, but returned to the starting XI at Elland Road on Saturday.

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Asked for an update ahead of taking on the Brewers, Karanka said: “I don’t know yet if it is one week or two weeks or three weeks, but for sure he will be out for tomorrow and I have doubts about the game on Saturday.

“He has some pain in his foot. I know for sure he cannot play tomorrow and I think he is going to be out a little bit longer than we expected.

“It is painful and sometimes it is more dangerous because you have to support with another part of your foot and then you can have problems in other muscles.

“But we have other players who can play.”

Fox has been almost an ever-present for Forest this term, carrying on the kind of form he showed at the back end of last season.